FREEBIE

It has been a week since I last posted. I have been busy getting my classroom ready, house ready for me to go back to work, and creating!!!

Here is a FREEBIE for you. I will be putting it up on TpT this weekend.

1st Grade Math CCSS Binder.pdf

BOOST Sale tomorrow!!!

ENJOY!!!

New Products!

Hi there,

My sweet mom, the other half of this BLOG and our TpT store, spent 4 hours setting up the furniture in my classroom today.

She retired in June, and now has time to take a deep breath and help ME in August!!!

She is the brains with 40 years of ideas swimming her head, while I try to handle the technology aspect of TpT and blogging. I am hoping to teach her how to join us on the blog very soon...

OK! I put up 2 more products on TpT last night:

I am really excited about Mix a Pancake. I put in several lessons for the 1st grade poem, that is on the 1st Grade CCSS list. I have never even read this poem, before creating this product! Can't wait to teach in the fall to my first grade kiddos! The lesson plans are all Common Core aligned...strategies I learned at the I Teach 1st conference!

Number bonds are everywhere! Once again, I have never used the term in my classroom. However, they are related to Fact Families, so at least I do not feel totally lost. I created this lesson to help give a simple explanation and independent practice for kiddos to get the gist of number bonds.

Enjoy!

Carrie

Educreations

Have you ever used Educreations? It is my NEW find!!! I took a session on Top iPad Apps at the I Teach 1st! conference this summer.

Here is my lesson...

I have been playing around with it, and had my 7-year old create a geometric shape presentation. Click it to watch!

Finding Balance

Yesterday, my parents picked up my kids to take them overnight. So I dragged my husband over to Lakeshore, Michaels, and Target to gather supplies for my classroom. Then we snuck in a movie, dinner, and a Redbox movie.

Nothing like trying to balance work and home!!!

Schedule

Yesterday, I stopped in my classroom, took a couple of photos (see previous blog post) and sat at my desk for a few minutes. 

Today I spent 5 hours. I didn't take any photos, because to be honest, it doesn't look like much has changed! I know I did things, but I also know that when I go in next week, I might still be a little overwhelmed...

So, I came home and put together my weekly schedule. My "specials" schedule got changed a lot, so I wanted to make some effective changes to make the most out of our learning time.

I tried to link up the PowerPoint version, so you could have it to edit for yourself, but I could not figure it out. Make a comment if you would like me to send it directly to you!

Good luck creating your own!

Carrie

My classroom

I got back into my classroom for the first time this summer. I was ready. I took a deep breath and walked in...

Not bad! The classroom was clean, so now I can think about where I want everything to go.

Back from Vacation

Our family has been gone for almost 2 weeks straight. It was a wonderful week in Catalina with my parents - our 35th in a row! Home for a day, then on to Phoenix with my husband's family. Lots of time in the car - and what was I thinking about??? SCHOOL!

I feel blessed to love what I do.

I am working on a couple of mini-units right now. One to get through the first few days of school, and a unit on Christina Rosseti's poem: Mix a Pancake.

Stay tuned!

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